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astro-ph.HE2013★ 293 cited

Fermi-LAT Observations of the Gamma-ray Burst GRB 130427A

LAT collaboration, GBM collaboration

The observations of the exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provide constraints on the nature…

physics.ins-det2013

Applications of Many-Core Technologies to On-line Event Reconstruction in High Energy Physics Experiments

A. Gianelle, S. Amerio, D. Bastieri +10

Interest in many-core architectures applied to real time selections is growing in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. In this paper we describe performance measurements of many-…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 74 cited

The First Pulse of the Extremely Bright GRB 130427A: A Test Lab for Synchrotron Shocks

R. Preece, J. Michael Burgess, A. von Kienlin +156

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A is one of the most energetic GRBs ever observed. The initial pulse up to 2.5 s is possibly the brightest well-isolated pulse observed to date. A fine…

physics.ins-det2013★ 4 cited

Many-core applications to online track reconstruction in HEP experiments

S. Amerio, D. Bastieri, M. Corvo +10

Interest in parallel architectures applied to real time selections is growing in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. In this paper we describe performance measurements of Graphi…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 475 cited

Dark Matter Constraints from Observations of 25 Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, A. Albert +119

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are some of the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. Due to their proximity, high dark matter content, and lack of ast…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 79 cited

Determination of the Point-Spread Function for the Fermi Large Area Telescope from On-orbit Data and Limits on Pair Halos of Active Galactic Nuclei

LAT Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is a pair-conversion telescope designed to detect photons with energies from 20 MeV to > 300 GeV. The pre-laun…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 104 cited

PSR J2021+4026 in the Gamma Cygni region: the first variable gamma-ray pulsar seen by the Fermi LAT

LAT collaboration

Long-term monitoring of PSR J2021+4026 in the heart of the Cygnus region with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) unveiled a sudden decrease in flux above 100 MeV over a time scal…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 166 cited

Search for cosmic-ray induced gamma-ray emission in Galaxy Clusters

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Albert +123

Current theories predict relativistic hadronic particle populations in clusters of galaxies in addition to the already observed relativistic leptons. In these scenarios hadronic in…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 7 cited

CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)

The CTA Consortium, :, O. Abril +1102

Compilation of CTA contributions to the proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), which took place in 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

astro-ph.IM2013

ASTRI SST-2M Data Handling and Archiving System

L. Angelo Antonelli, Saverio Lombardi, Fabrizio Lucarelli +14

The ASTRI project is the INAF (Italian National Institute for Astrophysics) flagship project developed in the context of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) international project.…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 10 cited

The Real-Time Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, J. L. Contreras +31

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory must be capable of issuing fast alerts on variable and transient sources to maximize the scientific return. This will be accomplishe…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 47 cited

Associating long-term gamma-ray variability with the superorbital period of LS I 61 303

LAT Collaboration

Gamma-ray binaries are stellar systems for which the spectral energy distribution (discounting the thermal stellar emission) peaks at high energies. Detected from radio to TeV gamm…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 7 cited

The ASTRI Mini-Array Science Case

S. Vercellone, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +77

ASTRI is a Flagship Project financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and led by INAF, the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. Within this fra…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 2 cited

Expected performance of the ASTRI-SST-2M telescope prototype

C. Bigongiari, F. Di Pierro, C. Morello +81

ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) is an Italian flagship project pursued by INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) strictly linked to the developme…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 42 cited

The dual-mirror Small Size Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

G. Pareschi, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +111

In this paper, the development of the dual mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is reviewed. Up to 70 SST, with a primary mirror diameter of 4…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 2 cited

Towards the ASTRI mini-array

F. Di Pierro, C. Bigongiari, C. Morello +77

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of an array of three types of telescopes covering a wide energy range, from tens of GeV up to more than 100 TeV. The high energy se…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 125 cited

Constraints on the Galactic Population of TEV Pulsar Wind Nebulae Using Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations

F. Acero, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +155

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) have been established as the most populous class of TeV gamma-ray emitters. Since launch, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT)identified five high-energy…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 221 cited

The First Fermi-LAT Catalog of Sources Above 10 GeV

LAT Collaboration

We present a catalog of gamma-ray sources at energies above 10 GeV based on data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) accumulated during the first three years of the Fermi Gamma-ray…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 2 cited

The ASTRI Project: a mini-array of dual-mirror small Cherenkov telescopes for CTA

N. La Palombara, G. Agnetta, L. A. Antonelli +76

ASTRI is a flagship project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, which aims to develop an end-to-end prototype of the CTA small-size telescope. The propos…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 247 cited

Search for Gamma-ray Spectral Lines with the Fermi Large Area Telescope and Dark Matter Implications

LAT Collaboration

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a theoretical class of particles that are excellent dark matter candidates. WIMP annihilation or decay may produce essentially mono…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 837 cited

The Second Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

LAT collaboration

This catalog summarizes 117 high-confidence > 0.1 GeV gamma-ray pulsar detections using three years of data acquired by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi satellite. Half…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 58 cited

The Fermi All-sky Variability Analysis: A list of flaring gamma-ray sources and the search for transients in our Galaxy

LAT Collaboration

In this paper we present the Fermi All-sky Variability Analysis (FAVA), a tool to systematically study the variability of the gamma-ray sky measured by the Large Area Telescope (LA…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 133 cited

Impulsive and Long Duration High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission From the Very Bright 2012 March 7 Solar Flares

LAT collaboration

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observed two bright X-class solar flares on 2012 March 7, and detected gamma-rays up to 4 GeV. We detected gamma-rays both during the impulsive…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 117 cited

High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission From Solar Flares: Summary of Fermi LAT Detections and Analysis of Two M-Class Flares

LAT collaboration

We present the detections of 19 solar flares detected in high-energy gamma rays (above 100 MeV) with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) during its first four years of operation.…